ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany men's basketball team returns home on Saturday night to face the University of Maine. The matchup will mark UAlbany's Coaches vs. Cancer game, raising funds and awareness for the American Cancer Society. Tip is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN3 and ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team in Albany.
 
Game Info
Saturday, Jan. 28 – vs. Maine
7:00 p.m. EST
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Leading the Pack

• Gerald Drumgoole Jr. leads the team in scoring, averaging 14.6 points per game – a mark that places him fifth in the America East. Drumgoole Jr. is shooting 35.3% from the field and leads the team with 57 threes made this season.
• Jonathan Beagle has now claimed six America East Rookie of the Week titles, a mark that ties him with teammate Justin Neely, who claimed six titles last season. Beagle is averaging 12 points and a team-high 6.8 rebounds. His rebounding numbers are seventh best in the entire conference.
• Marcus Jackson, a freshman, has had some of his best games as of late. The rookie had career-high scoring outings against Bryant and, most recently, New Hampshire, where he dropped 15 points. Jackson has become a regular starter for UAlbany, starting in the last nine games.
• The Great Danes are averaging 67.1 points per game with opponents averaging 74.8.
• UAlbany is shooting 40.7% from the field, 33.9% from three, and 70.4% from the free throw line.

 
Last Time Out
The UAlbany men's basketball team fell on the road to the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday night by a score of 84-65. Freshman Marcus Jackson led the way for UAlbany, finishing with 15 points, five rebounds, and an assist. The win for the Wildcats completed the season sweep of the Great Danes.

• Marcus Jackson led the Great Danes, tying his career-high of 15 points. He went 6-8 from the field and pulled down five rebounds.
• Sarju Patel finished with 14 points on 5-10 shooting.
• Jonathan Beagle led the team in rebounds (7), assists (3), and minutes (37). He finished with 11 points.
• Gerald Drumgoole Jr. (12) and Aaron Reddish (11) were the final Great Danes in double-figures.
• UAlbany shot 40.7% (24-59) from the field and went just 3-19 from three-point range. UNH shot 53.5% (31-59) from the field and 35.0% (7-20) from beyond the arc.
• UNH won the rebounding war, 35-32.

 
Scouting Maine
The Black Bears come into Saturday's matchup with an overall record of 8-12 and a 2-5 mark in conference play. Maine is coming off back-to-back wins against two of the conference's top teams in Binghamton and UMass Lowell. On Sunday, Maine buried Binghamton by a score of 78-57 before leading for most of the game against UMass Lowell on Wednesday night, taking down the River Hawks 75-70.

• The Black Bears have three players who average double-digit scoring numbers in Gedi Juozapaitis (15.6), Kellen Tynes (14.4), and Peter Filipovity (10.1). Juozapaitis sits second in America East scoring, trailing only Bryant's Sherif Gross-Bullock, who is averaging 17 points.
• Filipovity leads the team in rebounding, averaging 6.2 per game – ninth in the America East.
• Maine has four players who have played in, and started, all 20 games – Juozapaitis, Tynes, Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish, and Jaden Clayton.
• As a team, Maine is averaging 70.2 points per game with opponents averaging 70.1.
• The Black Bears are shooting 46.0% from the field, 36.0% from three, and 74.2% from the free throw line.

 
#AEHoops Notes (1.23.23)
Nearly at the midway point of #AEHoops play, every team has at least one win and six sit at .500 or better.

• UMass Lowell posted an impressive week, beating both UMBC and Bryant.
• The River Hawks sit atop the league standings at 5-2.
• UML has already surpassed the program's Division I record for wins in a season with 17.
• Vermont won both of its games last week, defeating Maine and NJIT.
• The Catamounts are tied for second place in the standings along with Binghamton and UMBC.

Conference positioning will again prove key for the Jersey Mikes #AEPlayoffs. Every round of the Jersey Mikes #AEPlayoffs will take place on the higher seed's home court and earning home court advantage will prove crucial once again.
 
The league champion will earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, where America East teams have won nine games all-time, including UMBC's historic upset of Virginia in 2018.
 
2022-23 Weekly Award Winners (Jan. 23)
Player of the Week
Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, UMass Lowell – Sr., Forward, Bamako, Mali

• Averaged 21.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game in a 2-0 week.
• Shot 77 percent from the floor (20-for-26).
• Scored a career-high 24 points and added 11 boards in a win over UMBC on Wednesday.
• Tallied 18 points and 15 boards in a victory over Bryant on Sunday.
• This is Coulibaly's second #AEHoops Player of the Week honor of the season.

 
Rookie of the Week
Jonathan Beagle, UAlbany - Fr., Forward, Hudson Falls, N.Y.

• Scored 17 points and added seven rebounds in his lone game last week.
• Shot 7-of-11 from the floor.
• This is Beagle's league-best sixth #AEHoops Rookie of the Week honor of the season.

Coming off winning it's league-best ninth men's basketball title, Vermont is the favorite in the 2022-23 America East Men's Basketball preseason poll. The Catamounts, who also claimed their league-record sixth-straight regular-season title last season, edged out league newcomer Bryant atop the poll. Vermont and Bryant combined to claim four of the six preseason All-Conference team members, which was also unveiled with the poll.
 
Binghamton's Jacob Falko is the lone returning first-team All-America East team member from last season on the preseason All-League squad. He is joined by UMass Lowell's Max Brooks along with Bryant's Charles Pride, a first-team all-NEC choice last year, and Earl Timberlake, as well as Vermont's Dylan Penn and Finn Sullivan.
 
FREE with your ID
UAlbany and Hudson Valley students can attend UAlbany basketball home games all season long for FREE. Students who attend games simply need to bring their school-issued ID cards to gain admission to the McDonough Sports Complex.
 
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Postgame Show Presented by Northwestern Mutual – Capital Region
Season Tickets
SEFCU Arena Renovation
 
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